personal How to organize a wedding - in 20 easy steps So you decided to get married. You need a wedding for that. It's a lot of work. Given that I just got married two weeks ago, I'll try to jot down some step-by-step instructions (with particulars about Romanian bureaucracy). 1. Find a
personal Evaluating goals - 2017 edition Another half a year has passed, so it's time to review my goals from January [https://rolisz.ro/2017/01/07/new-year-old-goals/]. Around March something came up, so I dropped some goals or reduced their intensity. That something is called setting a wedding date for July [http://roda.rolisz.
personal Look what I found on Uetliberg Scarcely had I hiked up Uetliberg when I found the one my heart loves. I held her tightly and I put a ring on her finger! (to paraphrase Song of Solomon 3:4)
personal New year, old goals My attempt a year ago to set public goals was quite successful. I achieved most of them and the average completion score was 0.7. I took a break in the second half of the year, but now I'm well rested and I want to start again. I learned some
personal Going places... ...but not too far. Last month I exchanged the view that can be seen in the above image, for this one: I moved from Langnau am Albis, where I have lived for two years, to Wiedikon, a district in Zürich. The old place has been officially the place where I've
personal Good bye, Alida I’ll miss your funny quips. I’ll miss the long discussions we used to have about about the craziest topics (like the differences in mentality between people who are interested in the humanities versus the sciences). I’ll miss going to eat greasy, yummy food
personal Two years at Google A bit more than two years ago I was anxiously heading towards the reception of the Google Zurich office. I didn’t know what to expect, but I was very excited. One year ago, I was oncall, dying of heat in my home. Today, I am on my last oncall
personal Midway goal checkup Three months ago I set up some goals [https://rolisz.ro/2016/01/02/setting-goals/] for myself. Because accountability is key to accomplishing goals and sticking to them, it's time I review them, see how I did, and possibly adjust them. Losing
personal Setting goals While this may seem like a New Years Resolution kind of post, I assure you, it's just a coincidence. In December I read two books about productivity. The first one is by Tim Challies, a Christian pastor and very prolific blogger, Do More
personal After a year in Zürich One year ago today I was discovering, to my shock and horror, that my laptop's charger doesn't fit in the Swiss socket. My phone charger did, but the laptop plugs pins were 0.25 mm thicker, so they did not. Several hours earlier I boarded the plane
plants Gardening About two months ago, we had a TetraPak gardening class at work. During this class we learned how to seed and care for spinach (left in the above picture) and salad (right) plants in a 1L milk box. They grew quite slowly. This was after one week.And after a
personal Biking Last week I bought a bike from another Googler. Because it was raining like crazy and then it was stormy and then I went on vacation, it camped at work for a bit more than a week. But yesterday I finally took it home, and today, for my birthday, I
personal Survived first Oncall Yay! With the Lord's help, I have survived my first oncall shift at work. It was quite busy, at times quite stressful, but it has been a good experience to learn to trust in the Lord! The following Bible verse has been very encouraging during times when
sale Saying goodbye to Lenovo On Wednesday, 24.12.2014, I sold my laptop of three years, a Lenovo T520 [https://rolisz.ro/2011/07/17/lenovo-t520-review/]. Lenovo T520, you were a good laptop, that has served me well, both as a computing tool and as a support for holding up parts of the
personal End of June, end of college Predict the next symbol in the following sequence: Anul 1 [https://rolisz.ro/2012/06/28/eol/]. Anul 2 [https://rolisz.ro/2013/06/27/anul-2-2/]. ??? S-o terminat facultatea. Și ce final spectaculos. Cu peste 25.000 de vizite pe blog în ultima lună. Asta
personal Alida O prietenă foarte bună de-a mea din liceu, Alida, a fost diagnosticată în urmă cu 6 luni cu leucemie. Mai țin minte că eram la masă la Mesele Vesele când mi-a trimis un SMS cu rezultatele analizelor. Abia am putut să îmi termin prânzul și
personal Studcard, OmniPass, BT În Cluj, studenții beneficiază de reduceri la transportul în comun (de anul acesta 2 linii gratuite pentru cei la buget la UBB, până anul trecut era o singură linie) doar prin intermediul unor carduri nebancare, fie Studcard, fie Omnipass (sau ISIC sau
personal Ultima vacanță de vară Tocmai mi-am terminat probabil ultima vacanță mai lungă - de 2 luni :(( Și a fost altfel față de cum mă așteptam. Pornisem cu planuri mari: o să profit de timpul liber și o să fac o pauză (sau măcar o să o las mai moale) de la programat, și calculator
personal Cura de slăbire La începutul vacanței am fost la cineva și m-am cântărit pe un cântar electronic. Și rezultatul a fost de xykg. Care îi muuuult prea mult. Știam eu că în sesiune am mâncat în prostie (îmi place să ronțăi când învăț), dar nu credeam că am ajuns în halul ăsta. Mai
personal Oldies but goldies Cititorii mei ageri mai țin minte că anul trecut am făcut o mare curățenie în urma căreia a rezultat o colecție mare de CD-uri, care au luat direcția coșului de gunoi. Anul acesta a venit iar rândul curățeniei, dar de data aceasta a avut și un aspect legat de mutarea
personal A tale of two interviews It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of programming, it was the age of young rashness, it was the age of hope, it was the age of naivety, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us. There
facultate EOL Err, end of year, not line. Mno, am gătat și asta. Primul an de facultate. It was kinda fun. It was a bit short. Mai ales al doilea semestru. Din punct de vedere educational, facultatea nu a fost chiar la ce mă așteptam. Mă așteptam să
cluj Personal update Definiția [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog] originală a blogului este „personal journal published on the World Wide Web”. Pe blogul acesta printre altele și eu vroiam să public și lucruri personale, dar în ultima vreme... nu mi-a prea ieșit. Ultimele 8 posturi toate sunt despre informatică,
personal Don’t click it… 78 hours, 7 minutes and counting…. Timpul trece încet.... De când? De când mi-am șters contul de Facebook. Vineri la ora 12:49, după vreo 2-3 încercări, mi-am șters contul de Facebook \:D/. Nu a fost ușor: opțiunea de ștergere a contului îi bine ascunsă; la logare contul este reactivat